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Saturday, April 25th, 2009Welcome to Washington, Mr. Orakpo. We’ve been waiting for you.
Video: Ovi’s Magnificent Game 5 Goal
Friday, April 24th, 2009That bit of highlight reel derring-do — he burned three guys (one of them twice) plus King Henrik — makes it 4-0 and ensures a Game 6 in New York on Sunday afternoon. Thank goodness.
(Glove taps to Capitals Insider for the nifty clip-handling.)
Update: Rangers coach John Tortorella got a beer dumped on him during the [...]
If Dirty Sanchez Is in, Then JC Wants Out
Friday, April 24th, 2009Should the Skins draft Sanchez, these are the scenarios as I see them:
Best-case — They get him at 13, Campbell plays this season (the final one on his deal), the Dirty is groomed into the franchise QB Snyder thinks he is.
Middling– They trade up to get him, JC plays, Sanchez becomes good.
Kick-me-in-the-jimmy – They trade [...]
DMV: Never Forget Desmond Howard
Friday, April 24th, 2009DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
The Skins’ five biggest draft busts, somehow not starring No. 4 overall pick Desmond Howard, who caught 66 passes and was a bad return man in 48 games. [NBC Washington]
Skins sign ex-Colts punter Hunter Smith to a one-year deal. [Redskins Insider]
If they draft Sanchez, Campbell wants [...]
Which Players Will Be Available For the Redskins to Draft at 13?
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009Let’s steer the Redskins draft discussion away from the doomsday scenarios involving Mark Sanchez and try to sort out which players the team has a realistic shot at drafting with the 13th pick. This is called “looking on the bright side,” because other than Sanchez, the players we could potentially end up with are pretty [...]
DMV: D.C.’s Only Sporting Hope Flickers
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
King Henrik and the Rangers penalty kill are just too much yet again as they send the series back to Washington with the Caps down 3-1. [Puck Daddy]
Ovi finally scored and banged another off the post. Not enough. [Mike Wise]
Sean Avery has 24 penalty minutes in [...]
DMV: O’s First Kid Pitcher Arrives, Wins
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
Markakis gets four hits, Huff two HR and Brad Bergesen a Zimmermann-esque first win to snap a five-game skid. [Camden Chat]
Bergesen is the first of a lot of kids, especially pitchers, that the O’s having coming up. He gets bonus points for the flat brim. [Rick [...]
And Now a Man With an Owl at Nats Park
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Come to Nats Park for the freaky birds of prey, stick around for the spectacular bullpen implosion:
Jamie and I made it to our first Nats game of the season on Sunday and ran into that guy. I’m sure there’s a perfectly good reason why there was a man with an owl at a Nats game. [...]
DMV: Caps Decide to Make a Series of It
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
Semin, Backstrom, Ovi and Varlomov power Caps to a huge 4-0 win in Game 3. Thank goodness, too, because a first-round exit after the regular season they had would be totally depressing. Still could be. [WaPo]
Caps make up two of the night’s top “Three Stars”. [Puck [...]
Nats and O’s Week 2 Winners & Losers
Monday, April 20th, 2009Because we, unlike the Washington Post, cover both the Nats and O’s, here are your winners & losers from an awful second week that was …
WINNERS
The Balti-core — Roberts, Jones and Markakis are batting .380, providing hope for the future.
Adam Dunn — Homers in first two games at the Park; sporting a .549 OBP.
Elijah Dukes [...]